.@SwiftOnSecurity You can have causality, relativity, or faster-than-light travel. Pick 2.
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Replying to @mikamckinnon @SwiftOnSecurity
does this mean we’re stuck in the worst possible universe, the one with causality and relativity but no FTL?
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Best possible. Relativity/no-FTL is the ultimate limitation on centralized power.
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Replying to @RichFelker @PK_PDX and
I.e there is fundamentally no such thing as, and there never can be, a "galactic empire".
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I'm cool with no galactic empires, but the thought of no interstellar civs is a very sad one to me
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The lack of FTL would mean only stupendously powerful galactic physical disaster could easily wipe out multi-solar human life. Not too bad.
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Replying to @SwiftOnSecurity @PK_PDX and
Of course that assumes human time perception, priorities, and desire for centralized warfare
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Yeah if every outgoing mission is independant that just means tons of future planets to war with each other, lol
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War over what? Interstellar warfare of the hardest things for me to plausibly justify: no resource is worth the cost of invasion.
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My first reaction was ideological differences, but you're probably right that war wouldn't be practical
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By the time your weapon arrived, the ideology of the civilization you're attacking might be radically different from your last observation..
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Oh! I read a really good story about that! Totally forgot about it until just now
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War, conflict, domination simply don't make sense and don't work over these scales under relativity.
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